Wool

Wool

Transparent	No
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	4
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64), same color only
Flammable	Yes
Drops	Itself
Data value	dec: 35 hex: 23 bin: 100011
Name	See Data values

	“	Wool was added to Minecraft a looooOOOong time ago - in June 2009 during the game's "Classic" development phase. It was originally called cloth and came in sixteen different colours that aren't quite the same colours we have today. Knowing that wool was originally cloth helps to explain why you use it to make paintings - I don't know anyone who paints on wool in the real world. Leather armour was also originally made using cloth and called cloth armour.	„
		— Duncan Geere

Wool is a block derived from sheep that can be dyed in any of the 16 different colors, which are white, orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime green, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red, and black.

Obtaining

Wool can be broken using any tool, but shears are the fastest tool to use.

Block	Wool
Hardness	0.8
Breaking time
Hand	1.25
Shears	0.25

Sheep

1 to 3 wool is harvested by using shears on an adult sheep. If unshorn, sheep will drop 1 wool upon death. The wool dropped will be the same color as the sheep's wool. The drop rates are not affected by the Fortune or Looting enchantments.

White, light gray, gray, black, brown, and pink wool can be found naturally on sheep. The rest of the colors require dyeing sheep.

Natural generation

Naturally occurring black wool with torches on them.

Black wool can also be found naturally in villages as part of a streetlight-like structure where they lie on top of three fence posts, surrounded by 4 torches. ‌^{[LCE only]}

All wool colors except for magenta, pink, and purple generate naturally as part of structures within woodland mansions.

White and yellow wool generate in shepherd houses, fletcher houses and meeting points in plains villages.‌^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}

White wool generate as woolen tents in pillager outposts.

White, brown, gray, light gray, and black wool can be found in village shepherd chests.

Trading

Shepherd villagers sell each separate color of wool for a price of 1 to 2 emeralds for one wool as part of their tier 2 trades.‌^{[Legacy Console Edition only]}

Apprentice-level Shepherd villagers have a ¹⁄₃₂ (3.125%) chance to sell one of 16 colored wool for an emerald.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only][more information needed for Java Edition]}

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
White Wool	String
Dyed Wool	White Wool + Matching Dye		‌[Java and Legacy Console editions only]
Wool	Any Wool + Matching Dye		‌[Bedrock Edition only]
White Wool	Any Dyed Wool + Bleach		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Usage

Wool blocks are weak, highly flammable, and offer little resistance against explosions. Their primary usage is as a decorative block.

Trading

Shepherd villagers buy 16 to 22 white wool for 1 emerald as part of their tier 1 trades.‌^{[Legacy Console Edition only]}

Shepherd villagers have a 25% chance to buy 18 white wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 gray wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 black wool for an emerald, and a 25% chance to buy 18 brown wool for an emerald as part of their first tier trades.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only][more information needed for Java Edition]}

Note blocks

Wool blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce guitar sounds.‌‌^{[Java and Legacy Console editions only]}

Crafting ingredient

Any color of wool or wood can be used for paintings but it has no effect on the product's final appearance.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Banner	Matching Wool + Stick
Bed	Matching Wool + Any Planks		Wool color must match. Planks do not need to match.
Carpet	Matching Wool	33333333333333333333
Painting	Stick + Any Wool

Fuel

Wool can be used as fuel in furnaces, smelting 0.5 items per wool block.‌^{[Java and Legacy Console editions only]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Block	Name ID
White Wool	white_wool
Orange Wool	orange_wool
Magenta Wool	magenta_wool
Light Blue Wool	light_blue_wool
Yellow Wool	yellow_wool
Lime Wool	lime_wool
Pink Wool	pink_wool
Gray Wool	gray_wool
Light Gray Wool	light_gray_wool
Cyan Wool	cyan_wool
Purple Wool	purple_wool
Blue Wool	blue_wool
Brown Wool	brown_wool
Green Wool	green_wool
Red Wool	red_wool
Black Wool	black_wool

Bedrock Edition:

Block	Name ID	Numeric ID
Wool	wool	35

Block data

See also: Bedrock Edition data values

In Bedrock Edition, wool uses the following data values:

	Data value		Description	Color Code
	Dec	Hex		old	new
	0	0x0	White wool	#DDDDDD	#E9ECEC
	1	0x1	Orange wool	#DB7D3E	#F07613
	2	0x2	Magenta wool	#B350BC	#BD44B3
	3	0x3	Light blue wool	#6B8AC9	#3AAFD9
	4	0x4	Yellow wool	#B1A627	#F8C627
	5	0x5	Lime wool	#41AE38	#70B919
	6	0x6	Pink wool	#D08499	#ED8DAC
	7	0x7	Gray wool	#404040	#3E4447
	8	0x8	Light gray wool	#9AA1A1	#8E8E86
	9	0x9	Cyan wool	#2E6E89	#158991
	10	0xA	Purple wool	#7E3DB5	#792AAC
	11	0xB	Blue wool	#2E388D	#35399D
	12	0xC	Brown wool	#4F321F	#724728
	13	0xD	Green wool	#35461B	#546D1B
	14	0xE	Red wool	#963430	#A12722
	15	0xF	Black wool	#191616	#141519

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Rainbow Collection	Gather all 16 colors of wool.	All the colors of wool do not have to be in the inventory at the same time, but must have been picked up by the player once.	Xbox One	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	30G	Silver
				Xbox 360		Alt		20G

Video

Note: This video was made before the carpet and the banner were implemented in version 1.6 and Java Edition 1.8, as it states wool has two crafting recipes instead of four in the recent updates. Also, the wool texture has been changed in Java Edition 1.12, and shearing a sheep now only gives 1-3 wool, instead of 2-4 wool.

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding multiple colors of cloth.
0.0.20a					Cloth was added in 16 different color shades. It had white, light gray, gray, 12 colors from the hue cycle, with an additional purple.
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST					Added sheep, which will drop white cloth.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			January 25, 2010, 2		Cloth can now be found in the starting chests.
			January 30, 2010		Cloth can now be crafted using four string.
February 12, 2010, 1					Sheep will now drop white, gray and light gray cloth.
February 18, 2010					Cloth can now be used to craft armor.
February 23, 2010					Cloth is now used to craft paintings.
					Sheep will only drop gray cloth.
Java Edition Infdev
June 27, 2010					Removed all cloth colors except white.
					Sheep will now drop white cloth instead of gray.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8					Changed the recipe of cloth/leather armor from cloth to leather.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					Changed the color shades to 16 colors: White, Light Gray (Silver), Gray, Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Lime, Green, Cyan, Light Blue, Blue, Purple, Magenta, Pink.
					Renamed cloth to wool.
					Added 16 dyes; white sheep can now be dyed by using on them while holding any dye.
					Light gray, gray, and black sheep will now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool.
1.3					Wool is now used to craft beds.
1.4					Brown and pink sheep will now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool.
1.6.6					Changed the crafting recipe of wool, reducing the amount of string required from 9 to 4 pieces.
1.7					Added shears to shear sheep without hurting them, dropping 2-4 wool.
					Sheep will no longer drop wool when hit, albeit they drop one wool when being killed when they are unsheared.
1.8			?		Villages will now generate with lamp posts containing black wool.
Java Edition
1.1			?		Sheep will now graze grass blocks and eat grass to regain their wool, keeping the color they had before shearing.
					As a counterbalance, shearing sheep will now yield 1-3 wool instead of 2-4.
1.2.4
					Tweaked the saturation of wool, making wool blocks slightly darker than before. Comparison
1.3.1			12w21a		54 orange wool and 1 blue wool will now naturally generate as part of desert temples.
					Wool of any color can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–21 wool for 1 emerald.
1.6.1			13w16a		Wool is now used to craft carpets.
1.8			14w02a		Trading changed: shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color. Farmer villagers no longer trade wool.
			14w03a		Desert temples will now generate with stained clay instead of wool.
			14w30a		Wool is now used to craft banners.
1.11			16w33a		Wool can now be used to fuel furnaces.
			16w39a		Various wool colors will now generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
			16w44a		White wool is now called "White Wool" rather than just "Wool".
1.12			January 23, 2017		Jeb tweets a preview of changes to the wool color palette, adding that "the texture itself may need work."
			January 27, 2017		Jeb tweets another screenshot of further changes to the wool colors, alongside the new concrete blocks. "The noise needs some tweaking," he adds.
			17w06a		The color spectrum has been changed for a second time, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
			17w17a		Wool can now be used to play the guitar, if they are under note blocks.
1.13			17w47a		The different block states for the wool ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 35.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added wool (all 16 colors, not all are obtainable).
0.2.0					Added the ability to shear sheep.
0.4.0					Added a crafting recipe for wool.
					Wool is now used to craft beds.
0.5.0					Wool is now used to craft paintings.
0.8.0			build 2		Red wool can now be used to craft red carpets.
0.9.0			build 1		Black wool now naturally spawns in villages.
					The remaining carpet colors can now be crafted using wool.
0.9.3					Wool now has smooth lighting.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4			alpha 1.0.4.0		Shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color.
1.1.0			January 27, 2017		Jeb tweets a picture of new wool textures beside the concrete blocks mentioning that they are a work in progress for Pocket Edition 1.1.
			alpha 1.1.0.0		The color spectrum has been changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
					Added beds in 16 colors. As a result, the wool has to match in order for the bed to be crafted.
					Various wool colors will now generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2		Wool can now used to craft banners.
			beta 1.2.0.7		Any color of wool can now be dyed.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1		Bleach can now be used to make colored wool turn into white wool.
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0		Regular "Wool" has now been renamed to "White Wool".
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3		Wool will now generate in plains villages and pillager outpost tents.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1		Wool can now be found in village shepherd chests.
			beta 1.11.0.4		Trading has changed, shepherd villagers now have a 1⁄32 (3.125%) chance to sell one of 16 colored wool for an emerarld.
					Shepherd villagers now have a 25% chance to buy 18 white wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 gray wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 black wool for an emerald, and a 25% chance to buy 18 brown wool for an emerald as part of their first tier trades.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	Patch s1	Added wool (all 16 colors).
TU9					Sheep can now regrow their wool by eating grass or tall grass.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	Patch s3	The color spectrum has been changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added wool.

Issues

Issues relating to "Wool" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• On the Bedrock Edition, the data values for wool and their respective dyes are the inverse of each other. This is also true for stained glass, terracotta, shulker boxes, beds, banners, concrete powder and concrete.

Gallery

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  A zombie holding a piece of wool.

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  The four iterations of the wool block.

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  A pile of wool generated in a woodland mansion.

References

Blocks

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